Tender for traction-engines.



No. 664,599. Patentggi` y F.A.|.wm. 4

TENDER FlHfTlAGTIN ENGINES. .-(Apiuemon mee-sept. 11, 1900.)

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FRED J. WEIR, OF GILMORE CITY, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO W. B. A'

WEIR, OF SAME PLACE.

TENDER FQR TRAoTloN-ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,599, dated December25, 1900. Application filed September l1, 1900. Serial No. 29,663. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concer-71,:

. Be it known that I, FRED J. WEIR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gilmore Oity, in the count-y of Pocahontas and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Tender for Traction-Engines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My object is to provide a simple, strong, and durable carriage for thetender of a tractionengine and adapted to be rigidly fixed to the engineto remain in alinement therewith as the engine is advanced and alsoadapted to allow the Wheels of the carriage lateral motion relative tothe line of advance and lip-and-down motion relative to the unevennessof ground as required to prevent the center of gravity of the weight onthe carriage from being disturbed and to prevent the accidents anddamages incident to the side pressure and upsetting of engines andtenders on uneven roads.

My invention consists in the construction, a-rrangement, and combinationof parts, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a topView of the carriage, and dotted lines indicate the rear end portion ofan engine, to which the carriage is to be rigidly fixed. Fig. 2 is arear end elevation, and dotted lines indicate the position of awatertank to be carried on the tender-carriage. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the carriage.

The letters A and A2 designate mating straight bars (hard wood or iron)Iixed together rigidly at their rear ends by means of a coupling-iron B,that is adapted to admit the ends of the bars to b'e bolted fast thereinand in inclined positions relative to each other as required to producea V-shaped frame. The coupling also has a central longitudinal bore toadmit the end of a round bar.

B5 is a cross-bar fixed to the bars A and A2 at their widely-separatedend portions. A simple strong rigidframe is thus produced, that isadapted to be rigidly fixed to the rear portion of a traction-engine, asindicated by dotted lines.

O is a round bar extended through the bores in the coupling B andcross-bar B2 and securely and detachably fastened thereto by means ofnuts on its ends or in any suitable way for pivotally connecting acurved frame with the V-shaped frame.

D and D2 are mating parts of a curved frame adapted to serve as a bearerfor caster- .wheels and a support for a cylindrical watertank, as shownfin Fig. 2. These mating parts are formed of iron bars that have lateraland also vertical bends, and their parallel ends are rigidly connectedby means of caster-wheel supports H, bolted thereto in such a mannerthat caster-Wheel bearers J, carrying wheels J2, can be readily swiveledthereto, as shown and as required to support the rear end portion of thecomplete tender. The parts D and D2 have enlarged centers and boresthrough their centers through which the round bar O is extended in sucha manner as to produce a pivotal connection of the curved frame with theV- shaped frame, so as to allow the caster-wheels to pass over unevensurfaces and the curved frame to rock without preventing the weightthereon from being centered upon the bar O and as required to maintainthe load on the tender balanced as it is advanced over uneven ground.Braces K are fixed on top of the parts H of the curved frame andpivotally connected with the cross-bar B3 to strengthen the completecarriage and to aid in retaining a water-tank thereon.

Having described the construction, function, arrangement, andcombination of parts, the practical utility of my invention will beunderstood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a tender for traction-engines, a V- shaped frame adapted to berigidly fixed to the rear end of an engine and composed of two matingstraight bars rigidly connected at their rear ends, a coupling adaptedfor fastening the rear ends of said bars together rigidly and providedwith a central bore to admit a round bar, a cross-bar having atransversercentral bore fixed to said straight bars at some distancefrom said coupling, a round .bar fixed at its rear end in the bore ofsaid coupling and at its front end in the bore of said cross-bar and asecond cross-bar iixedV IOO ing straight.-bars,.rasshown anddescribedfor the purposesstated.,E

V2. A tender-carriage for traction-engines comprising a V-shaped frameoomposedof two mating straight bars, a coupling having a central boreixed .to their rearends, a orossv at their centerandxedptogetherlnparallei position atither ,endsf supports for casterwheels xed to theends of the curved bars, caster-Wheel bearers carrying Wheels swiveledto said supports and braces fixed to said supports and .pivota11 yConnected with thel orosspiege atjthe front portion of 'the V"- shapedframe, all arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth forthe purposes-istated.l

FRED J. WEIR.

Witnesses:

N. A. LEEPER, l FRANK CASE;`

